Title of article
Can smoking cause melanization of Cryptococcus neoformans in vivo?
Author/Authors
Sabesan، Gokulshankar نويسنده Microbiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine , , Mehanderkar، Ranjith نويسنده Microbiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine , , Kumar، Valli نويسنده Department of Microbiology , , Abbadorai، Ranjitsingh Amirtha Jacob نويسنده Department of Advanced Zoology and Biotechnology ,
Issue Information
دوفصلنامه با شماره پیاپی - سال 2011
Pages
3
From page
233
To page
235
Abstract
Earlier studies have reported on the ability of Cryptococcus neoformans to synthesize melanin from tobacco extracts / nicotine incorporated in to the medium. However a study on the utilization of components in tobacco smoke by C. neoformans for melanin production was unreported. The present study reports on ability of C. neoformans for melanization using tobacco smoke and therefore substantiate the possible link between smoking and pathogenecity in clinical cryptococcal infections as reported by several researchers.
Journal title
Malaysian Journal of Microbiology
Serial Year
2011
Journal title
Malaysian Journal of Microbiology
Record number
708662
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